the government is generating more revenue. that makes all these problems smaller by comparison. jobs and growth ought to be a guiding principle in this discussion, which is why republicans are so reluctant to go for the big tax increases the president is trying to get through. >> senator, is it reasonable to ask taxes to go up on those households making more than $400,000 a year as the president presented to speaker boehner? >> well, you know, i think that republicans have been willing to accept the idea thatevenue is going to have to be part of this solution. we also believe that the chuck schumer principle, which is $1 million, he ought to extend the rates for everybody under $1 million. that's something that if the democrats in the senate want to pick up a bill that passed in the house and amend it, send it back to the house, i think that's something that might pass. right now, we're at a stalemate because democrats haven't been willing to consider the issue of spending. all they want to deal with now is tax increases. that's bad for the economy. that hurts jobs. >> to that p